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today in history

HISTOR!CA
  • July 29, 1874

    Politician James Woodsworth, who was first leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, was born at Etobicoke, Ont.

  • July 29, 1898

    The last spike was driven on the White Pass and Yukon Railway, from Skagway to Whitehorse.

Some of the greatest wonders of the ancient world still lie buried – unseen and unexplored – beneath our feet; near-legendary places that vanished thousands of years ago. What did these legendary places really look like, who lived in them, and why did they vanish? The show follows a documentary detective trail of meticulous archaeological and historical clues to unearth some of the greatest lost cities of the ancient world.